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Newly uncovered correspondence has revealed that leading suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst expressed concerns over wiretapping, 70 years before the Government disclosed her secret surveillance by MI5 to the public.

The Multilingualism: Empowering Individuals, Transforming Societies (MEITS) project, part of the AHRC Open World Research Initiative, has announced the outcome of its second and final flexible funding call. Beginning in early 2019, the projects will foster innovation in research-led teaching and support curriculum change in modern languages in higher education.

The National Museum Institute (NMI) in New Delhi has become the eighth institution to join the International Placement Scheme (IPS). NMI will join the scheme for a one year pilot in the first instance with the potential to become a permanent host upon review.

Led by UK Research and Innovation and funded by the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the £80 million programme comprises nine creative clusters across the four nations of the UK and a new Policy and Evidence Centre, led by Nesta in partnership with 13 universities.